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Israelis Crack RSA 512 Bit in Microseconds

Posted by Roblimo on from the everybody's-submitted-this-one dept.

wojo writes "According to this story, the Israeli Weizmann Institute has broken RSA 512 bit encryption in, get this, 12uS (microseconds). And if that was not enough, it's handheld using a mix of quantum and optical computing technology. I need proof, how about you?" Hey, if it's in theThe Sunday Time (UK) it must be true, right?

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  1. W.R.O.N.G pure and simple. by Gr00ve · · Score: 5

    They have got Adi Shamir's TWINKLE _concept_ confused with a finished product. NTK took the piss out of this on Friday.

    This is a classic demonstration of how poor The Times has become. The paper as a whole and especially it's computer suppliment has been very factually challenged ever since Rupert Murdoch took over. He has attempted to make up for crappy quality with price cuts (20p for the paper some days [30cents]) and has so far failed.

    The Times is the worse broadsheet paper in the UK and the sooner American's realise this (no-flamage intended), the sooner we won't have joke stories like this on /.